New ACLU report on police drone surveillance of public gatherings
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is flagging constitutional concerns with police using drone technology to surveil public gatherings and the…
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Inertial Labs developing LiDAR system for Sony Airpeak drone
Advanced navigation and positioning technology provider Inertial Labs is developing a state-of-the-art LiDAR system for Sony’s Airpeak drone. The partnership…
Food delivery by drone takes off in Sweden
Europe-based online food delivery company foodora has announced a new offering that would transform the way customers receive their favorite…
Chicago Police secretly bought drones with off-the-books cash
A report from the Chicago Sun-Times is raising eyebrows. The newspaper has uncovered that the Chicago Police Department has bought…
The ACLU weighs in on the FAA’s Remote ID
Just recently, the Federal Aviation Administration announced its new Remote ID rule. In a nutshell, drones will require a digital…
Woodbury, Minnesota police look to purchase a drone
Woodbury, Minnesota, will soon lay out its plans to purchase a drone for its police department to use in day-to-day…
French judge refuses to ban Paris social distancing drones
Drones have become a fixture in the COVID-19 pandemic response. From Asia to Europe to the US, authorities have been…
The story of Draganfly’s ‘pandemic drone’
If anyone knows the name “Draganfly,” it may be from an unfortunate news story from last week. The Canadian company’s…
Police ‘pandemic drone’ stirs citizen protest
At the start of the week, the city of Westport, Connecticut, began testing a “pandemic drone” designed to detect signs…
First drone use report released by Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
After one year of police officers flying about a dozen DJI Mavic Airs to fight crime and respond to emergencies,…
Howard County Police to test drones in year long test
The Howard County Police department (HCPD) announced in a press release that it will be testing out drones in a…
Government has virtual Carte Blanche to shoot a drone out of the sky
The FAA Reauthorization Act has as many proponents as it has critics. One of the major concerns that various parties…
U.S. Government wants new powers to seize and destroy drones in the National Airspace
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking Congress to pass new legislation that would allow the agency to surveil, research, seize and destroy airborne drones or unmanned aerial systems in the National Airspace. In a written testimony, Hayley Chang, DHS Deputy General Counsel said that today the U.S. Government is: “unable to effectively counter malicious use of drones because we are hampered by federal laws enacted years before UAS technology was available for commercial and consumer use.”
Police drone tested outside apartment building by Boston police
In January of this year, the Boston Police Department spent almost $20.000 to purchase three police drones, which have yet to be put to official use. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts got hold of the BPD documents detailing the acquisition of the drones after a citizen made a recent complaint after a police drone test flight in Jamaica Plain according to the Boston Globe.
